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ARM 04, 017 (P338779)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 04, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338779 |
| Museum no. | NMSD — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Coordinates | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a-na a-ad-da-a] | to the father |
| 2 | [qi2-bi2-ma] | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma] ia-as2-ma#-[ah-{d}iszkur] | Thus Yasmaḫ-Addu |
| 4 | [_dumu_-ka]-a-[ma] | your son |
| 5 | [asz]-szum# 2(disz) li-im s,a-bi-im# | Concerning two thousand troops |
| 6 | _lu2#_ babila2[{ki}] | the man of Babylon |
| 7 | sza i-na i-da{ki} a-na pa-an [s,a-bi-ia] | who in Ida before my troops |
| 8 | i-na tup-pi2-ia pa-ni-i-im# | on my previous tablet |
| 9 | a-na a-ad-da-a | to Addâ |
| 10 | asz-pu-ra-am# | I wrote to you |
| 11 | i-na-an-na s,a-bu-um szu-[u2] | Now that ṣabum |
| 12 | ip-ta-t,a3-ar | he has released. |
| 13 | u3 asz-szum a-la-ki-ia | and concerning my journey |
| 14 | a-na tu-tu-ul{ki} | to Tuttul |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tu#*-sza# te#*-er#*-[ti] | You are adjured. |
| 2 | esz-me-ma u2-ul# [a-ta-la-ak] | I have heard, but I have not gone. |
| 3 | szu-ut _sag-mesz_ i-na _dumu-mesz_ dam#*-qu2#*-[tim] | those eunuchs from the good sons |
| 4 | u3 _dumu-mesz_ ma-tim | and the citizens of the land |
| 5 | usz-ta-as,-bi-it-ma | he had seized, and |
| 6 | a-na ia-ab-li-ia[{ki}] | to Yabliya |
| 7 | at,-t,a3-ra-ad# | I have sent. |
| 8 | u3 a-na-ku re-esz na-ak-[ri-im] | and I, the head of the enemy |
| 9 | i#-na# ma-ri-ma{ki} u2-ki#-[il] | in Mari he established |
| 10 | [i-na]-an#-na ki-ma na-[ak-rum] | Now, like the enemy |
| 11 | [...] s,a-bu#-[um ...] | ... the enemy ... |
Sources & licences
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